CA Unified Infrastructure Management Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm

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CA20201116-01: Security Notice for CA Unified Infrastructure Management

Issued: November 16th, 2020
Last Updated: November 16th, 2020

CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company, is alerting customers to a
vulnerability in CA Unified Infrastructure Management. A vulnerability
exists that can allow a local attacker to elevate privileges. CA
published solutions to address this vulnerability and recommends that
all affected customers implement these solutions.

The vulnerability, CVE-2020-28421, occurs due to improper access
control. A local attacker can potentially elevate privileges.

Risk Rating

CVE-2020-28421 - High

Platform(s)

Microsoft Windows

Affected Products

CA Unified Infrastructure Management 20.1
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 9.2.0
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 9.1.0
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 9.0.2
Note: older, unsupported versions may be affected

Affected Components

The applicable component is robot (also known as controller).
Affected robot versions:
before 7.97HF11
before 9.20HF20
before 9.20SHF20 (secure)
before 9.30HF4
before 9.30SHF4 (secure)

Non-Affected Products

CA Unified Infrastructure Management 20.3

Non-Affected Components

Non-affected robot versions:
7.97HF11 or later
9.20HF20 or later
9.20SHF20 (secure) or later
9.30HF4 or later
9.30SHF4 (secure) or later

How to determine if the installation is affected

Check for the controller version in Infrastructure Manager or Admin
Console. If the version is lower than 7.97HF11 for UIM 9.0.2,
9.20HF20 or 9.20SHF20 for UIM 9.2.0, 9.30HF4 or 9.30SHF4 for UIM 20.1,
then it is affected.

Solution

CA Technologies published the following solutions to address the
vulnerabilities:

robot_update patches 7.97HF11 (or above), 9.20HF20 (or above) and
9.30HF4 (or above).

robot_update_secure patches 9.20SHF20 (or above) and 9.30SHF4 (or above).

Note: UIM 8.5.1 users must upgrade robot to 7.97HF11. UIM
9.1.0 users must upgrade robot to 9.20HF20 (or above).

Hotfixes are available at:
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/release-announcements/CA-Unif
ied-Infrastructure-Management-Hotfix-Index/7233

References

CVE-2020-28421 – CA UIM improper access control privilege elevation

Acknowledgement

CVE-2020-28421 – Fabius Artrel

Change History

Version 1.0: 2020-11-16 - Initial Release

CA customers may receive product alerts and advisories by subscribing
to Proactive Notifications on the support site.

Customers who require additional information about this notice may
contact CA Technologies Support at https://support.broadcom.com/

To report a suspected vulnerability in a CA Technologies product,
please send a summary to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability
Response Team at ca.psirt <AT> broadcom.com

Security Notices, PGP key, disclosure policy, and related guidance can
be found at:
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/security-advisories/CA-Produc
t-Vulnerability-Response-Team-Contact-Information/1867

Regards,
Ken Williams
Vulnerability and Incident Response, CA PSIRT
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/ca-psirt
Broadcom | broadcom.com | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
ken.williams <AT> broadcom.com | ca.psirt <AT> broadcom.com

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